Category Archives: Gadgets



Technology: The Ballad

The oven carousel won’t turn—
It’s only six years old.
The kitchen faucet drips and drips—
It, too’s, too young to fold. Continue reading →

Posted in Affluence, Gadgets

Humiliation

I’m going on eighty, been through a lot—
Been called a Jew Christ-killer, lost schoolyard
Fights (won some, too). Swallowed the acrid snot
Of subordination. Reduced to shards Continue reading →

Posted in Gadgets

Electric Can Openers

Half a hundred years ago, I, half-assed,
Raw pedagogue, would sometimes muse on sin,
On moral themes before a drowsy class.
“Adultery, kept underneath the skin,” Continue reading →

Posted in Gadgets, Vanity, Wisdom

Travelers

Some folks favor stability—flourish
At home, secure, with everything in place.
Others dissent, insist on nourishing
Gnawing hunger—they imbibe, seek rare grace; Continue reading →

Posted in Friends, Gadgets